Ticket-holder.



W. L. DALY.

TICKET HOLDER.k

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1912.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

WILLIM L. DALY, 0F SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK.

TICKET-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. i7, 191.4.

Application filed June 21, 1912. Serial No. 705,091.

To' all/whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. DALY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Schenectady, in the county of Schenectady and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ticket holders particularly to combined ticket holders and match scratchers, the principal object of the invention being to provide a simple and convenient device of this character which may be secured ,to the walls or seats of railway cars for the reception of tickets.

A further yobject of the invention is the provision of a device of this character which may be secured to the seat and 4which is adapted to receive tickets from either side, whereby the same may be readily used when the seatV is turned over or reversed.

Further objects of this invention will appear as the following specific description l is read in connection with ,the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this application, and in which Figure l is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view. F ig. S'is a side elevation. Fig. 4 is a section ou the line l-li of Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the device consists of an integral casting having a base piece l provided with apertures 2 to receive screws or other suitable fasteningdevices. Integrally co'fnnected to the base plate but separated therefrom is the top piece 2 which produces with the base piece a ticket receiving slot 3 preferably having flared entrances'at either side thereof. The base piece l is recessed, as shown at fi, and is provided .with an aperture 5 through which the right angular end of a ticket retaining spring 7 is adapted to pass. The said retaining spring 7 is secured within the recessin any suitable manner and is provided at its free end 6 with a curved rounded surface, as shown at 8, to produce cam surfaces, said surfaces adapted to engage with the top wall of the receiving slotf3 whereby the ticket may be inserted from either side of the receiving slot without the necessity of employing anadditional manipulating member. I

What is claimed is A device of the class described comprising a. base piece, an integral top piece separated therefrom and forming therewith a ticket receiving slot having fiared entrances, said base piece being recessed and centrally apen tured, and a spring secured' in the recess and passing through said aperture into engagement with the upper wall of the top piece at a` point medially of the length ofthe receiving slot and having a curved end to produce opposite cam surfaces whereby the ticket may he inserted from either side without the necessity of employing an additional manipulating member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature -in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM L. Darrin l/Vitnesses WILLIAM STANTON,

J. C. Nuns. 

